The upcoming episodes of the podcast will deal with people's struggle with food and eating. In particular, we will describe five 'core competencies' that people who wish to control their weight and their eating patterns will need to master. This week we provide a summary of these five skills, with some excerpts from Susie Orbach's helpful book, 'On Eating'.

Thanks to Caitlin Antoon for assistance with the Orbach excerpts.

Book: Orbach, S. (2002) On Eating. Penguin Books Limited, London.